The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-26
All Over Kansas.

AeusaS oneep 10O. ia nea0.
Kansas coal, 8,000, 900 acres.
Kansas swine, I, 9e8, l49 head.
Kansas fruit, %, ea9, Oel trees.
Kansas cattle, 2,09O, PIT head.
Kansas oats q, S92, 1856 bushels.
Kansas wool, 2, liz. 1913 pounds.
Kansas school buildings. 9,781.
Kansas railroads, 1O, 1893 miles.
Kansas cheese. 400, 724 pounds.
Kansas butter, q, ! s5, 500: pounds.
Kansas wheat, 14,579. O9S bushels.
Kansas. garden products, sos. 100.
Kansas poultry and eggs 81 sos, 1867.
The farmers of Northern Kansas::are
sowing bushels Of turnip seed for cat
tie feed this winter.
The largest creamery in central Kan
sas is at Brook vile. It has capacity
of II coo pounds day.
The leading crop of Kansas-corn-
is worth twice as much as the leading
crop of Colorado-gold and silver.
The contract has been let for the
erection of the Southern Kansas Rail-
road hospital at Ottawa. Price $23 500.
A tract of land adjoining the city of
Horton, cont aiming three Numbered
and fifteen acres was sold recently for
$4,000
A Wichita doctor advertises by cir
cular: 81 will pay for one half the
funeral expe nses where am not sue
cessful."
Catalpa, cottonwood and Russian
mulberry trees seem to be the favorites
in western Kansas, because of their
rapid growth.
The Third Annual Reunion Of the
Sixth Kansas Veteran association will
be held at Fl. Scott, August 30, and
81, 1887, at Union hall.
Salina has organized a club for social
enjoyment, the support Of literary and
scientific undertakings, the mainte-
nance of a library and the promotion
of painting, music and fine arts.
The drill that was being sunk at
Kingman for gas. has passed through
a thirty foot stratum Of pure rock salt.
1t is considered very valuable and q
shaft will be sunk for the purpose of
mining it.
A correspondent of the Kansas City
Times says that Senator Plumb and
Major Hood, of Emporia, each receive
an income of from $50, 900 to 100000 a
year, tut that William Martindale is
the richest man in Emporia.
At the late National Educational as
held at Chicago there were
6, 200 teachers present. Kansas was
by $40 persons, and but
two States-Illinois and I0wa-sent
more representatives to the meeting.
The Fall River Courant says that
corn is now being contracted in and
around that place for 20 cents q BUSH
Ell. Our guess is tina the contractors
will be glad to buy it back again for 80
cents before their next crop comes In.
An Atchison canning factory has
put up thus far this season 1000 cases
of peas, Is 900 cases of beans, and Is
900 cases of.sweet corn, besides vast
quantity of tomatoes, while another
has done almost as well.
Hoyt Times: w. B onsall sold his
farm to E. 8. Akin for $40 per acre.
Seven year g ago Mr.. Bonsall paid s.
an acre for the same farm. This one
shows an increase In the
value of farm land in this vicinity of
b35 per acre.
The irrigating bitches Of south
western Kansas have been largely
because of the plentiful
yet those who have contin-
ned the use of irrigation on their farms ,
have at least one-third larger crop
han those who depended on rainfall.
A personal liberty" league has been
recently organized at Argentine, the I
liberty sought being that to buy beer
md get drunk. The Newton Repub-
lean very shrewdly remarks that the
ellows who are running the thing are {
up into dangerous proximity
" the statutory boot.
Jewell Monitor.' A very strange .
reak of nature is reported from Har-
.ison township. Mrs. B. F. Davis, a
ady 81 years old, had all her
eeth extracted three months ago and
low nature is furnish hing her with a
bird set. Such freaks of nature are
very rare outside of Jewell county.
AN artesian well recently sunk at
is now flowing at the rate of
orty-flve gallons per minute, with the
unrest of water almost ice cold. The
veil is sunk in the cellar of Peck's
,pera house. It is the intention of the
;ity authorities to build an elevated
eservoir and supply the city from this